Restoration Equipment Rentals in Port St. Lucie, FL

Drying and air-quality equipment for Port St. Lucie

HBS accepts equipment rental requests for homes and jobsites across Port St. Lucie, including Tradition, St. Lucie West, the Port District, Southern Grove, Riverland and areas reached from I-95 or US 1. Explore the water-damage drying equipment or the complete rental catalog, and include the affected rooms, wet materials and any equipment already running.

Share location and access details

The city covers about 120 square miles, so the street address, community or gate instructions, site contact and requested start time matter. HBS uses those details to confirm delivery or customer pickup without promising a window before review.

A city of single-family homes

The City of Port St. Lucie was incorporated in 1961, and its original developer, General Development Corporation, laid out 66 square miles of mostly single-family lots.

Census Bureau estimates for 2020 to 2024 show the result: about 87 percent of the city's roughly 91,000 homes are detached houses, the median home was built in 2002, and about 35 percent went up between 2000 and 2009. The median home has about six rooms, and 84 percent of occupied homes are owner-occupied.

In a newer single-story house on a concrete slab, a failed supply line, water heater or washing machine supply hose spreads water across the floor and wicks into the bottom of the drywall, baseboards and cabinet toe-kicks. A practical setup:

• Air movers aimed along the base of the wet walls, with a commercial dehumidifier in the same closed-off space.
• An Injecti-Dry system for water trapped behind baseboards or under kitchen and vanity cabinets.
• A moisture meter to find where the water stopped and to track drying day by day.

Six rooms hold a lot of air. If water crossed more than one room, read how many dehumidifiers and air movers a job needs before you request.

Canals, swales and when it is a flood

Port St. Lucie drains through a city-run system of 200 miles of canals, 1,200 miles of swales, more than 180 control structures and three pump stations, according to the city's Public Works Department. The C-24 canal crosses the city, the C-23 runs along its southern edge, and the city's drainage canals empty into the North Fork of the St. Lucie River.

The city's flood page names its repetitive flood-loss areas: land bordering the St. Lucie River, and the area just west of I-95 from roughly Becker Road to Tradition. It also warns that several days of rain in a row can flood any part of St. Lucie County.

Know which kind of water you have:

• A clean-water leak from a supply line, a water heater or an air conditioning drain is usually a drying job, and so is storm rain that came through a damaged roof or window, once the opening is covered.
• Water that came in from a swale, canal, yard or street is floodwater. The IICRC S500 standard lists rising water from rivers or streams, and other contaminated water entering a building, as Category 3, grossly contaminated water, and the CDC warns that floodwater may contain sewage. Leave floodwater to an appropriate experienced professional.

Check your zone on the city's flood mitigation page or the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.

After Milton's tornadoes

On October 9, 2024, Hurricane Milton's outer rainbands spun up tornadoes across the Treasure Coast. The National Weather Service survey describes damage from two of them in Port St. Lucie neighborhoods:

• An EF-1 that left homes in Crane Landing, Sawgrass Lakes and Tulip Park with missing shingles, then continued north through neighborhoods near Florida's Turnpike.
• An EF-0 that came north along I-95 from Palm City, caused minor to moderate damage to homes in Rosser Reserve and major roof damage to a home in Hidden Oaks, then weakened as it entered St. Lucie West.

Missing shingles rarely flood a house at once. Rain can get into the attic and show up days later as a stain on a ceiling.

By then the materials may have been wet for more than 48 hours, and the water may no longer be clean. If the stain could be that old, the ceiling sags, or you see or smell mold, have it checked by an appropriate experienced professional before running fans.

Right after any roof damage, before stains appear, a FLIR thermal camera can pick out cooler ceiling areas that may be damp, and the moisture meter confirms which ones are wet. The EPA's water-damage table says wet cellulose insulation should be discarded and replaced, so get the attic checked before you dry the ceiling below it.

Getting equipment to Port St. Lucie

HBS is based in Stuart, just south of Port St. Lucie in Martin County. St. Lucie County renters can collect equipment in Stuart or have it delivered and set up. Either way, HBS reviews the address and dates and confirms the plan first; a request is not a reservation.

Common questions

How do I show my landlord or HOA that the area is dry?

Rent a moisture meter with the drying equipment and take readings at the same marked spots each day, plus one reading on a dry area of the same material. Photos of those readings give a simple record that the wet materials returned to normal.

Do you rent equipment for Tradition and St. Lucie West?

Yes. Include the exact address in your request and HBS will confirm equipment, availability, and delivery or pickup for that location.

Water came in from the swale during heavy rain. Can I dry it with rental equipment?

No. Water that enters from a swale, canal, yard or street is floodwater, which the CDC warns may contain sewage, and the IICRC S500 standard treats rising water from rivers or streams as Category 3. Call an appropriate experienced professional; HBS does not offer contaminated-water cleanup. Rentals are for clean-water leaks, such as a plumbing leak, an air conditioning drain overflow, or storm rain that came through a damaged roof or window once the opening is covered.

How do I find out if my Port St. Lucie home is in a flood zone?

Search your address on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center or the city's flood zone map, both linked from the City of Port St. Lucie's Flood Mitigation and Insurance page. The city notes that several days of rain in a row can flood any part of St. Lucie County, including areas outside mapped flood zones.

My roof lost shingles in a storm. What should I rent for the ceiling?

Get the roof covered first. Then look for suspect spots on the ceilings with a FLIR thermal camera, confirm each one with a moisture meter, and dry sound drywall with a dehumidifier and air movers. A sagging ceiling, mold, or rain that sat for days calls for an appropriate experienced professional instead. EPA guidance says wet cellulose insulation should be discarded and replaced, so have the attic checked.